Jersey City – On Tuesday, November 17, 2009, one student will be eligible to win free tuition for the 2010 spring semester when the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s men’s basketball team takes on Monmouth University at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) in a game televised live on ESPN. Taking place on the College’s Jersey City campus at the Yanitelli Recreational Life Center (RLC), the early morning face-off for the , which airs 24 hour of live college basketball.
Prior to the pre-game pep rally at 5:00 a.m., the student club will host the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s student community in the RLC tennis bubble for an all-night marathon of contests, games and food beginning the night before the game at 10:00 p.m. Any student in attendance between 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. will each be entered into a raffle for an opportunity to take a half-court shot during the second half of the game to win free tuition for the spring semester. If the student does not make the shot, he or she will win the prize of a $500 gift card to Barnes & Noble.
“Even if the student misses the shot, the gift card will be enough money to cover the cost of books for this student next semester,” said Dan Drutz, sports information officer for Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College.
The Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College Pep Band will also make its debut at the pep rally for the historic game, and lead fans and students from the pep rally to the gym with the cheerleaders before tip-off at 6:00 a.m. A 10-student group comprised of woodwind, horn and percussion players led by Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Class of 2006 alumnus Kenny Medina, the Pep Band will perform throughout the game.
“The inception of the Pep Band at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College will strengthen the bond between athletics and music,” noted Performing arts Coordinator Kevin Cummines.
Also taking place in conjunction with the game is a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the Hillside Food Bank sponsored by the Office of Campus Ministry and Peacock Nation. All guests are encouraged to bring one or more items of food to the RLC the morning of the game, where the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s community expects to exceed 640 pounds of food.
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Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College is the Jesuit College of New Jersey. Founded in 1872, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s has an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The main campus is located in Jersey City with a branch campus in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, with courses at various corporate sites at the Jersey City waterfront and in South Amboy, NJ.